Vegetables

Chikuden Tanomura

Late Edo period (19th century)

Homma Museum of Art Collection

Chikuden Tanomura (1777–1835) was one of the leading Nanga School painters of the late Edo period, who established his own style of painting rich in poetic expression. His disciples include Sōhei Takahashi, Kyō Hoashi, and Chokunyū Tanomura.

This work depicts vegetables such as turnips, lotus roots, and kabocha squash; the viewer can feel a restrained elegance from the lightly applied coloration.